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More good news this morning! Linebacker Dorian Hendrix just faxed in his financial aid agreement, which is basically his LOI for early enrollment at UK. He becomes the 5th member of the 2014 recruiting class to do so, joining Thaddeus Snodgrass, Drew Barker, Mikel Horton, and Nick Richardson. While yesterday’s suspensions left us all in shock and upset, the recruiting class of 2014 continues to remind us how bright the future will be for Kentucky football.

Hendrix will join the others on campus during the spring semester, allowing them to get a head start for the 2014-2015 season. Hendrix will join the returning linebackers and add much needed depth at the position. With senior Avery Williamson gone, young guys like Hendrix, Forrest, and Henderson will have to step up.

Right you are. This is like getting a verbal commit from a kid followed up a couple months later by another verbal commitment.. Lol, it’s like asking a girl to marry you, giving her a big diamond ring and telling her it’s okay to date other guys until she REALLY decides for sure. Oh and you can keep the ring unless you get a bigger one from another guy! Seriously though, in light of the exploitation of the NCAA student athletes, good for them that they can get a school to commit to them early and not have their schollie be yanked late in the game!

From my understanding, as it has previously been stated on the site, the financial aid agreement is now essentially the same as a LOI within the NCAA. Coaches may talk to them and recognize them as their own publicly, and it also guarantees their scholarship. Typically when a player signs this letter, he is accepting the financial aid/scholarship and he “intends” to enroll, hence it is like a letter of intent. While he can opt out anytime in the next month, it’s very unlikely and certain measures must be taken. He’s ready to enroll now, and signatures from both parties on the agreement confirms that. Without it he would not be allowed on campus for the Spring semester.

All those upper classmen that got themselves thrown off the team and suspended for one game can learn something from these eager newcomers…since getting a free college education isn’t enough, hope they take the veterans jobs and show them what the desire to succeed and win is like!